Medical Xpress October 3, 2023
Loneliness can leave many feeling desolate, but new research now suggests it may also leave people vulnerable to Parkinson’s disease.
Among more than 490,000 people listed in the UK Biobank who were followed for up to 15 years, loneliness appeared to increase the chances of a Parkinson’s diagnosis by 37%.
“The association between loneliness and incident Parkinson’s disease was not due to shared genetic, clinical or behavioral risk factors,” said senior researcher Angelina Sutin, a professor in the department of behavioral sciences and social medicine at Florida State University’s College of Medicine in Tallahassee.
Although this study can’t prove that loneliness causes Parkinson’s disease, there appears to be a connection, Sutin said.
“We show that there is an association between...
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